Cryptomining faded from the headlines in late 2018 with falling bitcoin prices, but Kaspersky still considers it a major nuisance, which is employed by rogue employees as well as cybercriminals.
Formjacking passed cryptojacking and ransomware to become the top threat highlighted by Symantec in 2018, although both of these other types of attacks continue to be problematic for the commercial market in particular.
Stephen Cobb of ESET shares the results of the company’s first research into how Canadians are feeling about cybersecurity-related issues and offers some thoughts on the biggest security challenges we’ll see in 2019.
Kaspersky Lab’s colourful CEO stated at the company’s 2016 North American Partner Conference that while cybersecurity is presently in the Dark Ages, a Golden Age is on the horizon for the commercial market, with a key new industrial control security solution coming from Kaspersky later this year.
These are ESET’s flagship consumer products, but they are also sold by the channel, typically as an add-on in a commercial sale. They also preview the new features coming in the next commercial refresh.
McAfee Labs is the latest in a growing number of security vendors reporting a sharp uptick in the amount of malware available on the Android mobile platform
Intellectual property laws and improved access bump Canada up to ninth, but there’s still work to be done around security and accessibility
At SecTor 2011, Symantec finds spam, BYOD, virtualization top-of-mind security concerns.
Trend Micro says it’s time to redesign your company’s security strategy from scratch
Easy-to-use kits make malware attractive to criminals, security company says
